Musical wind instrument.



W. S. HAYNES.

MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED sap-1:12. 1913 1 ,1 1 9,954- Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT ornros. WILLIAM S. H AYNES, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO WM. S. HAYNES (-0., OF BOSTON", MASSACHUSETTS, A. CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed September 12, 1913. Serial No. 789,536.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM S. HAYNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Musical \Vind Instruments, of which the followingris a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in musical wind instruments such as flutes, Saxophones, piccolos and'the like.

Heretofore it has been a common custom to manufacture the tubes of instruments of this nature of silver, brass and German silver. The tone holes which extend laterally through said tubes are provided with flanges which surround said tone holes and project outwardly therefrom. These flanges have been made from material separate from the tubes necessitating a number of operations to form and secure the same to the tubes, also requiring the services of expert workmen tocorrectly position said flanges on said tubes in order to produce a perfect instrument. During this process the tubes which constitute said flanges are first cut the required length then milled at one end to conform to the transverse contour of the tube and after chamfering the outer ends, said flanges are placed one at atime against the side of the tube, temporarily wired to the tube and soldered in place.

The next step is to cut a hole through the tube within said flange and finally finish the inner edges of said holes, as it is absolutcly necessary that these edges be carefully rounded and of a uniform curve the entire circumference thereof. There must be no sharp edges or shelves to retard the passage of the air through said tube as when such exist the tone is affected. The flange for the next tone hole is then cut and wired to the tube and carefully measured in relation to said first flange after which it is soldered and finished, as stated and so on, each tone hole being formed in the same manner. It is often the case after a flange has been properly positioned on said tube and during the soldering thereof to said tube that said flange is slightly moved unknown to the workman and after the instrument has been completed and tested it has been found to be imperfect. Such a condition very often exists in the manufacture of instruments of this nature and as the material from which they are constructed is very light and expensive it is difficult to remedy the defect. Another decided objection to instruments produced bysoldering flanges to the tubes resides in the fact that the solder, which is naturally soft, is very often affected b acid from the hands or from the saliva o the musician which disintegrates said solder and causes the instrument to leak around the tone holes, thus rendering the instrument useless.

It is the object of the present invention to produce a tube for instruments of the above nature in which the flanges are formed integral therewith and from material which is displaced from said tube to form said tone holes. By such a construction the tube and flanges, being formed integral throughout, are of substantially the same thickness and said flanges and tube are one integral piece, the result being that there is a decided improvement in the tones which are produced on the finished instrument and in the case of blowing as compared with the metal or wooden instruments which have been made up to the present time in which the vflanges are soldered on to the tube and have to be necessarily, in order to make a practi' cal piece of work, of greater thickness than the body portion of the tube. For instance the flanges in practice which are soldered to the tube are made of metal five times as thick as the metal forming the body portion of the tube, so that the solder will have an opportunity to firmly unite the flange to the body portion of the flute. The material constituting said flanges may be pressed outwardly from the interior of said tube by tools which are so constructed that they may form all of said tone hole flanges automatically and simultaneously, thus dispensing with the multiplicity of operations hereinbefore mentioned, one set of tools being sufficient to produce an unlimited number of tubes with a vast saving of metal, as the material which has been heretofore removed to form the tone holes is in the present process employed to form said flanges.

Furthermore it is the object of the invention to form the tubes of aluminum for the reason that instruments constructed from same produce a better tone than those con structed of brass or silver. Heretofore this has been impracticable for the reason that the use of solder in connection with this materiai is impossible as the heat therefrom warps and twists the tube, but with the present method of forming said flanges integral with said tube, the use of said-metal is rendered practicable.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts whereb the above objects and certain other objects erelnafter appearing may be attained, as set' forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclainisl- Referring to the .drawingsz' Figurel is a" lan view of a tube for wind instruments illustrating the irregular arrangement of the various tone holes, the cups or finger" pieces being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a section of said tube with the cupsand their supports shown in connection there with. Fig. 3 is atransverse section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like parts through out'the several views of the drawings.

In thedrawings, 5 is a metal tube, having a yslurality of tone holes 6 therein located 1 at predetermined distances apart longitudinally of said tube and at va ing circumferen-tial distances apart. Eac .of said tone holes is surrounded by a flange 7 which extends outwardly from said tube and is formed integral therewith from material which has been displaced from said tube to form said tone holes, while'at the juncture 8 of said flange and said tube the material from which said. members are constructed is uniformly;

rounded the entire c rcumference Of-Sfl-ld; roviding a smooth surface tone hole, thus against which t e currents of air passing 7 through the tube 5 may contact, the metal 40" of the flanges being of the same thickness as that of the body ofthe flute.v

The flanges? are cut'sq'uai'ely off at 9.and are adapted to be engaged by jfin erfpieces; or cups l0 pivotally mounted upo the tube as in the usual manner 'well" known t'o'th'ose:

skiiledin the art, said cups being normall yieldingly removed from engagement wit tube. 3.,A metal tube for musical winilinstrm' said flangesby springs 11, but adapted to be moved to engage said flanges and close said toneihole hyj slight pressure of the finger thereagainst.

Having thugtleseribed my invention what I claim and de sirefiby Letters Patent to se cure 1s: ,1; a 1

1. Ainetal tube for musical wind instruments having a plurality of tone holes therein located at predetermined distances apart,

each of said holes be'ing surrounded by a flange projectingl outwardly from said tube and integral wit saidtube';

2. A-metal' 'tubeforrnusical wind instruments formed offaluminum and having a plurality of tone-holes located at predetermined'distances apart, each ofsaidholes being surrounded b ,a flange projecting laterally from saidtu eand' integral witlrsaid ments having a plurality'o f tone-jholes therein located at redeterjmined; distances apart, eachlof said oles being wrrounded by a flange formed-integral with said tube from 6Q Amietal wind musical-instrument hav- I Y ing elevated key-seat rings thereon drawn;

from the body of 'theinetal of the instrument.

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in-presence of two subscribing wit r WILLIAM s. HAYNES.

Witnesses: 1

Gimme S. GoomNo, Similar E. Tar-r. 

